Description: 2015 Roman Britannia Portrait £2 coin Two Pound Coin very rareMinting Error Upside down lettering What’s so special about the 2015 Britannia £2 coin?Britannia has a long standing history with British coinage. Having first appeared on a 1672 Farthing during the reign of Charles II, she subsequently featured on a British coin in one way or another for more than 300 years. In 2008 she was surprisingly dropped from the 50 pence piece despite a Daily Mail campaign to save her.Britannia has appeared on many British coin denominations over the past 300 years.After a short absence, in February 2015 it was announced that Britannia would be making a triumphant return to British circulating coins. Antony Dufort’s modern interpretation of Britannia was to feature on Britain’s highest denomination coin, the £2, replacing the “technology” design which had featured on the coin since 1997.Antony Dufort’s modern interpretation of Britannia.It was a very popular move from The Royal Mint, even the then Prime Minister David Cameron said: “It is great to see Britannia’s welcome return to our currency. Britannia is an enduring symbol of our national identity, ideal to help reinforce the sense of shared purpose and history for Britons.”However, it wasn’t until 2016 when The Mint released the mintage figures for the 2015 coins that the real surprise was unveiled.Only 650,000 of the 2015 date Britannia £2 coins had been stuck for circulation, making it one of the most scarce UK £2 coins ever! So scarce in fact that there were fewer of this coin than the England and the Scotland coins from the famous 2002 Commonwealth Games series.The 2015 Britannia £2 coin is the joint third most scarce £2 in circulation.The astonishing fact that Britannia had appeared on a circulating British coin in one way or another in an unbroken cycle between 1672 and 2008 was enough to ensure this £2 would be a favourite with collectors. The announcement of such a low mintage figure then created somewhat of a collecting frenzy!The 2015 Britannia coin remains highly sought after by collectors.The UK 2015 Britannia £2 CoinThis first-year 2015 £2 Britannia is already one of the most-scarce circulating £2 coins ever issued with just 650,000 coins passing through banks and cash centres.That places it third equal in the all-time low mintage charts!
Price: 249 GBP
Location: Borehamwood
End Time: 2024-12-29T20:36:22.000Z
Shipping Cost: 31.1 GBP
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Denomination: Two Pounds
